Ken Meile

[Ken Miele]

Originally Posted by Dave Gantz

Ken,

Would you please address the issue that has been, IMO, destroying your board? 1320racer has stated that he has the right to free speech. That's incorrect. This is your board, and what you say goes.

I have PM'd you regarding this issue, and you told me to put him on "ignore". That's all well and good, but when someone quotes him, everyone can see it. The thread then goes way off topic, and, as others have said, is no longer interesting, to paraphrase.

It appears, and I mean no disrespect, that all you want is "clicks", and have lost direction of where your board is going.

Google his name or username, and it's easy to see the disruption he has caused on the web. It's obvious that he has major issues. I hope he seeks help, but we shouldn't be subjected to his vitriol in the meantime.

I am a member of several boards, relating to many different subjects, and I've never seen behavior like his tolerated.

If this isn't addressed, I will no longer log on, and will discontinue my membership if that's possible. I'm sure I won't be missed. That's not my point. I've been a fan of S/SS since 1972. I've helped some racers, and raced with a partner for a few years. I will miss this board, but I won't subject myself to this any longer.

Dave, obviously my pm's are not satisfactory for you. You are being disrespectful, you think its about clicks, you are wrong. Let me give you a hypothetical. Suppose I get an email about you. A member tells me, I don't like the way Dave posts, please remove him. Next day I get another email telling me the same thing from a different member. Do you see were I am going.

He has not broke any rules, if you don't like what he says don't read or respond, its that simple. Do you really want me to be another Facebook, YouTube, and the old Twitter. Do want me to be become like those institutions of political correctness. Is that what you really want... well that will not happen here. If I loose members and traffic, so be it.

If your are not happy with my response, you need to move on. No point in being here if you are unhappy. Its kind of sad to see this type post. What your really are doing is canceling me because a member is rude or you don't like how he says things. Are we that sensitive that we can't handle another opinion when we don't like it. Plenty of members go right back at him, none of them are telling me to remove him.

If you don't break the rules, you don't get band. That's my final say on this topic.